https://scotlandinmyheartsite.wordpress.com/2016/01/09/about-scottish-people/comment-page-1/#comment-4 This is one of a series of articles from Scotland in My Heart. Maisie

Hi Maisie These things always make me chuckle Take all the "personality" traits listed under The Scottish Personality and you can apply the same to virtually any group of people from wherever, England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland or wherever In every group of peoples there are a little of every trait and type of personality, good, bad, honest, dishonest etc etc There is no such thing as a 100% Scot or English, Welsh or Irish, all are a mixture of other peoples & races from here there and everywhere with the resulting mixture of traits good and bad from around the world And whilst there are elements brought forth in a persons make up from their ancestors genes I would suggest more comes from their upbringing and the events they encounter through their journey through life from a baby to the grave Many a child of the nicest parents went off the rails, and many a child of the worst of parents rose to become a model individual So I do have to wonder at these articles and their worth Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 10/01/2016 18:22, Maisie Egger via wrote: > https://scotlandinmyheartsite.wordpress.com/2016/01/09/about-scottish-people/comment-page-1/#comment-4 > > This is one of a series of articles from Scotland in My Heart. > > Maisie --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Eggsacky, Nivard, and being the super intelligent person that I am I read the article with a grain of salt! When I first went to Canada, I thought all Canadians were a conservative lot, not like (all!) friendly Glasgow people at all. When I came to America I thought that they were the most laid back people on the face of this earth. It took a little while of living in both countries, and the wise advice of my husband, to learn that humans are humans and are the same the world over, except my husband noted that there seemed to be more than a few people with big noses on the buses in Glasgow! He wondered if the Romans had indeed left their noses/DNA behind...or maybe the Vikings! Also, 'glittering generalities' have to be watched: Americans are laid back and easygoing...but to a point when one considers their fixation about gun ownership. Won't go beyond this, except to say that the only gun I ever saw in my whole life growing up in Glasgow was when one of the boys in our street tried to show me how to use a pellet gun. Huge failures in my life: don't know how to fire a gun, don't know how to swim, and don't know how to ride a horse...and will not eat beets! Maisie -----Original Message----- From: Nivard Ovington via Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 11:17 AM To: lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] About Scottish people Hi Maisie These things always make me chuckle Take all the "personality" traits listed under The Scottish Personality and you can apply the same to virtually any group of people from wherever, England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland or wherever In every group of peoples there are a little of every trait and type of personality, good, bad, honest, dishonest etc etc There is no such thing as a 100% Scot or English, Welsh or Irish, all are a mixture of other peoples & races from here there and everywhere with the resulting mixture of traits good and bad from around the world And whilst there are elements brought forth in a persons make up from their ancestors genes I would suggest more comes from their upbringing and the events they encounter through their journey through life from a baby to the grave Many a child of the nicest parents went off the rails, and many a child of the worst of parents rose to become a model individual So I do have to wonder at these articles and their worth Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 10/01/2016 18:22, Maisie Egger via wrote: > https://scotlandinmyheartsite.wordpress.com/2016/01/09/about-scottish-people/comment-page-1/#comment-4 > > This is one of a series of articles from Scotland in My Heart. > > Maisie ---

'Unless you've done your research on this little country's history, you might not know that today's Scots are the descendants of people from many different countries. The people who were native to Scotland in it's very early days were the Picts. The name translates to 'Painted People - a reference to their custom of painting/tattooing their bodies. This was a warlike Celtic tribe descended from this area's indigenous Iron Age inhabitants.' This quote from the article is confusing. My understanding was that first there were the Picts, and then there were the Celts. This is the first time I have seen the Picts described as a 'warlike Celtic tribe'. Surely this is inaccurate? -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Maisie Egger via Sent: Monday, 11 January 2016 5:23 AM To: LANARK@rootsweb.com Subject: [Lanark] About Scottish people https://scotlandinmyheartsite.wordpress.com/2016/01/09/about-scottish-people /comment-page-1/#comment-4 This is one of a series of articles from Scotland in My Heart. Maisie ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message